Mono azo dye



Patented May 7, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,711,930 PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER DUISBERG, WINFRIED HENTRICH, AND LUDWIG ZEH, OF WIESDORF, NEAR COLOGNE, GERMANY, ASSIGNORS T GRASSELLI DYESTUFF CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE;

.MONO AZO DYE.

. No Drawing. Application filed January 16, 1925, Serial No. 2,928, and in Germany February 28, 1924.

We have found new and useful improvements in mono azo dyes.- p

This invention relates to the production of new mono azo dyes which dye wool violet to blue shades particularly fast to light and In our copending application Serial No. 752,458, filed Nov. 26,1924, which has matured into Patent No. 1,595,17 8, of Aug. 10, 1926,

we have shownvthat mono azo dyes of the type dinitroben'zene azo-arylamine having an acid group in the dinitrobenzene nucleus are particularly adaptedfor the dyeing of cellulose ethers and cellulose esters. We have now found that mono azo dyes of the same type, but having acid groups both in the diazo and in the coupling compound, dye animal fibres deep reddish and fast violet to blue shades.

These dyestuffs can be obtained-by coupling diazotized dinitroaniline sulfonic or carboxylic acids, i; e. 2-6-dinitroaniline-4-sulfonic acid, 2-4-dinitroaniline-6-sulfonic acid, 2-4- dinitroaniline-6-carboxylic acid,-w-ith aniline, toluidine, naphthylamine-sulfonic or .car-

boxylic acids.

Amongst the coupling components we found to be particularly'useful 2-naphthylamine-sulfonic acids and 2-alkylaminonaphthalene-sul'fonic acids, 2-amino-8-naph- 3o thol-sulfonic acid, 2-amino 8-naphthol-fisulfonic acids substituted inthe amino group,

2- (2-carboxy1-phenyl) -amino-naphthalene,

etc.

It is, however, understood being by weight. that our invention is not limited to these ex-i amples nor to the specific conditions given sodium salt a dark powder, soluble in water with a blue color, yieldin by reduction with zinc and hydrochloric aci triamino-benzenesulfonic acid and amino-2-methyl aminonaphthalene-7-sulfonic acid. It dyes wool In orderto further illustrate'our invention, 35 the following examples are given, the parts clear greenish'blue shades, having good level dyelng properties and good fastness to light and fulling; i

. The dyestuif in the form of its free acid is represented by the following graphic formula SOIH

'6-sulfonate of potassium are diazotized as described in the above example, and the diazo compound coupled at 0 with a suspension of 2-amino-8-naphthol 6-sulfonic acid to which enough sodium acetate is added to neutralize the free mineral acidity. The dyestuif which is isolated in the usual way dyes wool dark navy-blue shades. It isin form of its sodium salt a dark powder, soluble in water with a dark blue color, ielding by reduction with zinc and hydroc loric acid triaminobenzene-sul-fonic acid and amino-2-amino-8- naphthol-G-sulfonic acid.

, .Thedyestuif in the form of its free acid is represented by I the following graphic formula:

x B0 Qa as. The dyestufi from 1 diazo 2 6 dinitro henzene-4-sulfonic acid and 2-methylamino 8-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid prepared in the same way dyes greenish blue-shades on wool.

Ewample 3.244 parts 2-4-dinitro 1-1- amino-(i-benzoate of ammonium are diazotized-as described in Example 1. The diazo compound is coupled at 0 C. in water solution with 259 parts 2-methylamino-naphtha- "lene-7-sulfonate of sodium; after havin been isolatedin the usualway it dyes wool luish violet shades. It is in form of its sodium salt a dark powder, soluble in water with a bluish violet color, yielding by reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid triamino-benzoic acid and amino 2 methylamino naphthalene-'T-sulfonic acid.

The dyestufl' in the form of its free acid is represented by the following graphic formula:

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Ewwmple 4.280 parts of 2-6-dinitroanilinel-sulfonic acid are diazotized and coupled at 0 C. in water solution with 259 parts of 2 methylamino naphthalene 7 sulfonic acid. The dyestuff is isolated in the usual way; it dyes clear violet shades on wool. It is in form of its sodium salt, a dark powder, soluble in water with a violet color, yielding by reductionwith zinc and hydrochloric acid 1-2-6-triamino-benzene-4-sulfonic acid and amino 2 methylamino naphthalene -7 -sultonic acid.

In the claims the term acid substituted is meant to include only those compounds which form esters whena hydrogen atom of the acid substituent is replaced by an alcoholic radicle.

lVe claim:

1. The process of producing mono azo dyes which consists in diazotizing acid substituted dinitroanilines and coupling the diazo compounds obtained with acid substituted. aromatic amines.

2. The process of producing mono azo dyes which consists in diazotizing dinitroaniline sulfonic acids and coupling the diazo compounds obtained with acid substituted aromatic amines.

3. The process of producing mono azo dyes which consists in diazo'tizing acid substituted dinitroanilines and coupling the diazo compounds obtained with naphthylamine sul'fonic acids.

4. The process of producing mono azo dyes Which consists in diazotizing dinitroaniline suli'onic acids and coupling the diazo compounds obtained with napl'ithylan'iine sult'onic acids.

5. The process of producing mono azo dyes which consists in diazotizing arid substituted dinitroanilines and coupling the diazo compounds obtained with beta-naphthylamine suli'onic acids.

6. The process of producing mono azo dyes which consists in diazotizing acid substituted dinitromiilincs and coupling the diazo compounds obtained with bcta-naphthylamine sulfonic acids substituted in the amino group.

7. The process of producing mono azo dyes which consists in diazotizing acid substituted dinitroanilines and coupling the diazo compounds obtained with amino-naphthol-sulfonic acids.

8. As new products the mono azo dyes which can be obtained by combining diazotized, acid substituted dinitroanilines with acid substituted aromatic amines, which dyestufl's are in form of their alkali metal salts dark powders soluble in water with from reddish to violet to blue colors, yielding by reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid an acid substituted triaminobenzene and an acid substituted aromatic diamine, dyeing wool in an acid dye bath from violet to blue shades fast to light and fulling.

9. As new products the mono, azo dyes which can be obtained by combining diazotized dinitroaniline sulfonic acids with acid substituted aromatic amines, which dyestuffs are in form of their alkali metal salts dark powders, soluble in water with from reddish to violet to blue colors, yielding by reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid a triaminobenzene sulfonic acid and an acid substituted aromatic diamine and dyeing wool violet to blue shades fast to light and fulling- 10. As new products the mono azo dyes which can be obtained by combining diazotized dinitroaniline sulfonic acids with naphthylamine sulfonic acids which dyestuffs are in the form of their alkali metal salts dark powders, soluble in water in from violet to blue colors, yielding by reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid a triaminobenzenesulfonic acid and a naphthylenediamine sult'onic acid, and dyeing wool from violet to blue shades fast to light and fulling.

11. As new products, the mono azo dyes which can be obtained by combining diazotized dinitroaniline sulfonic acids with, in the amino group substituted naphthlyamine sulfonic acids which dyestuffs are in the form of their alkali metal salts dark powders soluble in water with blue color, yielding upon reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid a triaminobenzene sulfonic acid and an aminoalkyl-ainino-naphthalene sulfonic acid and dyeing wool blue shades fast to light and fulling.

12. As new products the mono azo dyes which can be obtained by combining diazotized dinitroaniline sulfonic acids with betanaphthylamine sulfonic acids, which dyestufis are in form of their alkali metal salts dark powders, soluble in water with from violet to blue color, yielding upon. reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid a triaminobenezne sulfonic acid and an amino-betanaphthylamine-sulfonic acid and dyeing wool violet to blue shades fast to light and fulling.

13. As new products, the mono azo dyes which can be obtained by combining diazotized dinitroaniline sulfonic acids with amino naphtliol sulfonic acids, which dyestuffs are in form of their alkali salts dark powders, soluble in water with blue color, yielding upon reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid a tr'iamino-benzene-sulfonic acid and a diamino-naphthol-sulfonic acid and dyeing wool blue shades fast to light and fulling.

14. As a new product the mono azo dye which can be obtained by combining in aqueous acid solution diazotized-24-dinitro aniline- 6-sulfonic acid with Q-amino-S-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid, which dyestuif is in form ofits alkali metal salt a dark powder soluble in water with a blue color, yielding upon reduction with zine and hydrochloric acid 1-2-4-triaminobenzene-fi-sulfonic acid and amino-2-amino-8-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid, and dyeing wool blue shades fast'to light and fulling, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

WALTER DUISBERG. WINFRIED HENTRICH. LUDWIG ZEH. 

